#55228F#55228F

#55228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.167 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55228F
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 45.28, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 68.09, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0832 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.167 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2750, 5.0584, 26.4690)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55228F #5C8F22

analogous

#22268F #55228F #8B228F

triadic

#55228F #8F5522 #228F55

tetradic

#55228F #8F2226 #5C8F22 #228F8B

square

#55228F #8F2226 #5C8F22 #228F8B

split-complementary

#55228F #8F8B22 #268F22

monochromatic

#1A0A2C #38165E #55228F #722EC0 #9255D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#55228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55228F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55228F	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.167 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b1',
    500: '#55228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55228f;
$custom-light: #8b63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.073,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3902,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55228F

secondary

#8ABA52

accent

#E54399

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55228F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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